Insect-trap.



M. SWARTZ. INSEGT TRAP. APPLIOATION FILED Nov. zo, 1907.

Patented July 5, 1910.

A TTOHNEYS to provide a v may MAURICE -SWARTZ, OF ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

IN SECT-TRAP.

:escasa Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed -November 20, 1907. Serial No. 403,020.

vTo all-whom 'it may concern: f

-B it*V known that I, MAURICE SWARTZ, a citizen of the AUnited States,

llerns met by good housekeepers, no matterV how cleanly and how much care may l5 exercised, is in keeping the beds clear, of bugs. 'I have found in many instances that Abugs .will .creep along the Hoor and enter the bed by climbing the legs or posts thereof, which necessitates the repeated cleaning of the bed.

The primary. object of the invention is simple and bereadily applied steads, and be supported toy casters of bedthereby in Suche,

way above the iioor that the bugs or insects. Iwill be compelled to enter the trap in their attempt to climb the bed-posts,thereby effectually obstructing further progress of the bugs, and to hold the insects or bugs Within the trap so that they will either be destroyed therein, or they may be caught and destroyed vas occasion requires, thus keeping the bed entirely free. and clear of all insects.

A further object 'of the inventionis'tor provide a simple device which may be readily applied tov any bedstead, and which may contain water or a suitable liquid that; will .kill the bug immediately it enters the trap.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will behereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which this specification, and Will then be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1, is a vertical section, partly in elevation, 'of one form of device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view somewhat similar to Fig. l in which a slightly different form of trap for containing the liquid is shown. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view taken on the line IIIHIII of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical section showing a slightly diiferent arand a resident of Englewood, county of Bergen, andState eiiicient trap which the bedstead. A

form a part ofv rangement ofthe cup-shaped device forming. t e trap. .,f

While I have shown thedevice as adapted more pz-.rticularlyl to catching bedbugs and applied to the legs or posts of beds, it will be understood that the device may be modiiied somewhat or employed for other purposes .and to catch vermin or insects of various kinds, such'as Water-bugs, roaches and the like, in which case it may be applied to the legs of sinks or other furniture or fixtures.

The posts or legs 10 of a bed or other piece of furniture may each have a recess 11 therein, and-in this recess lis held a suitable caster 12. which may be of the usual or of any preferred construction, and is held to the bedstead in any suitable way. As shown the caster 12 has'a bracket 13, and rotatably held in said bracket is a wheel 14, and ro-` jecting upward into the recess 11 of the leg 10 is a stem or post 15, the shoulder 16 of the caster bracket.

A sleeve 17 surrounds the post A15 of the caster, and fits into the recess 11 of the bedstead, and said sleeve is provided with spring tongues ,18, which are adapted to be forced over the enlarged upper end 19 of the caster-post or stem. The sleeve 17 is provided with an enlarged cup-shaped and iiared portion 20, the upper edge of which is provided with teeth'` and is adapted to be forced into the bedsteadlegsy in the usual way, so as to hold the sleeve and caster to washer 21 is rotatably held to the post of the caster,l and held by said washer are a series of balls forming 'an anti-friction bearing betweeir said washer and the shoulder 16. The e/aster andthe washer 21has a limitedvertical movement 9 in .the sleeve 17,'and the said washeris Aadapted to engage theenlarged'part t2.0 of theI sleeve so as to hold 'the"w asher stationary to permit the casterbelt or stein to rotate Within the sleeve with veryl littlefriction, all of which parts lmay be of the usual or of any preferred construction.

To prevent the insects from climbing along the caster, Imay secureto the enlarged part 20 of the sleeve 17 a cupshaped device or trap 22. Thisdewice is annular in form and maybe of inetal or of any suitable material, and is provided with a central opening 23, so as to adapt the inner wall 24 thereof to engage and be held Patented July 5, 1ero! which is carried by .-30 f theinner wall 29 of the trap being preferi l a n p tained Within tliedevice.

niture, so as to prevent ,tance from the bedstead to prevenethe inout being caught or destroyed; that' said device is so made'that it ,will be in the nature of an ornament to the article to which it is applied; and that-said device may be employed to catch various kinds of insects.

by the 'vertical part 25 of the sleeve 17. The outer wall 26 of the device. or trap may be substantially vertical as shown in Figs. l and 3, or it may havean inwardly-flared wall or flange 27 as shown in Fig. 2, and

within the trap may be placed a liquid, as Having thus described my invention, I water or it may contain a poison which will claim as new and desire to secure by Letters kill the .insects immediately they enter the Patent f trap.. The flange portion 27 of the device v is Vintended to prevent the' liquid from splashing out yof the trap should the bed be moved, and thislange is of sufficient ^disprising a sleeve member adapted to embrace the post member of a caster, the base por-y tion of said sleeve terminating in prongs adapted toenter the article of furniture to which vthe device is attached, said baseportion being recessed to accommodate bearings interposed between the same and a portion of a caster, and a hollow annular member adapted to engage the base of said sleeve member.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a sleeve member ladapted to embrace the post of a caster, said sleeve mem- ,ber terminating in an enlar ed portion, said enlarged portion being ormed .with project-ions adapted to engage the article of furniture to which the device is' attached, a hollow member adapted to-encircle a porltion of a caster bracket and conforming to the shape of said bracket, and means formed integral with the hollow member` and the enlarged portion of the sleeve member for support-ing bearing members. Thisfspecication signed and witnessed, this eighteenth day 'of November A. D. 1907,

MAURICE SWART-Z.`

sects from reaching the legs l0 lwithout iirst entering the trap and crossing the liquid space. As will be seen it will be necessary for the insects in attempting to climb the caster to reach the bed to pass along the device or trap 22, and enter the trap and thus be caught or be destroyed by the liquid con- In`l'1`ig. 4 the device is quite similar `to that shown in the other figures, except that the said device or trap 28 rests upon the shoulder 16 of the caster, instead-0f being fitted 'to and supported. by the wall 25 of the sleeve or socket piece 17. In this con-- struction the trap may fit loosely over the caster post, and is heldfrom displacement by means of the part 20 of the caster sleeve,

ably.A curved to conform to the contour of the shoulder I6 whatever it may be.

From the foregoing itvwill be senthat a simple and efficient.l device is provided, which may be .readily applied to variousforms of bedsteads or other household furinsects from climbing the support to which VitnesSes:v l

l ALEX. LIVINGSTON, J r.,

it is applied. withi HEZEKIAH BULwH-ISTLE.

l. A device of the cla-ss described, com-` 

